Boughton-under-Blean, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the edge of Blean Forest, 2 miles from Selling station on the L.C. & D.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office of the name of Boughton, under Faversham. The parish comprises 2115 acres; population of the civil parish, 1739 ; of the ecclesiastical, 1748. Nasa Court, then held by the Hawkinses, who were Roman Catholics, was demolished by a mob in 1715, and rebuilt in 1766. Boughton Hill, adjacent to the village, commands an extensive and brilliant view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £280 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church comprises nave, two aisles, a south transept, three chancels, and a tower. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The charities exceed £100 a year.
